in erie, pennsylvania, where g.e. transportation is they built locomotives. the locomotives haul trains, those trains haul coal, there's been a 20% reduction in coal. do you know what that did to g.e.? they don't have to build as many locomotives. we have 3,000 locomotives sitting idle. why? in a country looking for jobs, why is this president eliminating jobs? look, it doesn't make any sense. it doesn't make any sense. as we go forward, i'd like this president to take a look at energy, all of the above. what would make us great as a country. energy independence. that's what we need. low cost energy. we have it right here, right now. when coal wins, america wins. and when america wins, well all win. this isn't a republican initiative or democrat initiative, this is about america. america's strategy, america's answer to energy independence. coal is a big part of that, has to continue to be a big part of that. so i thank you for what you're doing, we'll keep fighting for coal, we're not going to give up, we're not going home, mr. rahall spoke eloquently about i